Verónica Albin is a freelance translator and Senior Lecturer of Spanish at the Center for the Study of Languages at Rice University in Houston, Texas. She joined ATA in 1982 and is certified in English ↔ Spanish. In 1991 she was invited to join ATA's English → Spanish grading team, and has since served as language chair, co-chair, and deputy chair. She can be reached at valbin@pdq.net.

Alberto Gómez Font is a philologist and Style Editor in the Departamento de Español Urgente, the section of the Agencia EFE (Madrid) responsible for all linguistic issues. He is the author of the Vademécum de Español Urgente (I; II) and the Diccionario de Español Urgente. In addition, he is coauthor and editor of the Manual de estilo de la NAHJ (the style guide of The National Association of Hispanic Journalists). Gómez Font co-authored all editions of the Manual de Español Urgente (EFE) and the Informe sobre el lenguaje (ABRA Comunicación, Madrid). He is also coordinator and compiler of the following EFE publications on language: El Idioma Español en las Agencias de Prensa, El Neologismo Necesario, and El idioma Español en el Deporte. A professor of language and linguistics, he has taught for the private and public sectors including the Spanish Ministry of Public Administration (MAP), the Duques de Soria Foundation, the Prensa Libre newspaper in Guatemala, and the NAHJ in the US. In addition, Gómez Font organized and presented at "El español y los medios de comunicación" (Spanish in the Media) conference in San Millán de la Cogolla, and presented on toponymic terminology at the ATA national conference in St. Louis. Alberto is the founder and moderator of Apuntes apuntes@efe.es , and is a contributing editor of the Centro Virtual del Instituto Cervantes.He can be reached at agomezf@efe.es